New nursing home staffing headache? CMS and GAO agree new requirements needed for infection preventionists
By
Joe Bush
Sep 15, 2022
First came the federal requirement that every nursing home must have an infection control preventionist on staff. Now, a government watchdog says that minimum training requirements should be established...
100 long-term care experts to act on withering NASEM report
By
Joe Bush
Sep 13, 2022
stakeholders Monday launched a collaboration to develop and test action plans based on the report’s recommendations.
Providers end expansive strike with 24% worker raises, healthcare fix
By
Joe Bush
Sep 13, 2022
Leadership of three providers and SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania reached agreement on contract negotiations for about 700 nursing home workers over the weekend.
SNFs may be liable if they don’t try to stop residents’ racial bias against workers, legal expert...
By
Joe Bush
Sep 12, 2022
A staff member’s civil rights at work are more important than a patient’s right to express himself or herself, a new lawsuit brings back into focus.
‘Spotty’ database of private-equity nursing homes slammed
By
Joe Bush
Sep 06, 2022
A nursing home ownership database run by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is riddled with incomplete information on private equity links to SNF owners, according to a new report by Public Citizen.